The team hotel in Dharamshala was under total chaos. They were to leave for Kolkata today and all of them were forgetting something or other. Usually it's Rohit Sharma who forgets things but this time most of them couldn't find some things or other.

So, the rooms occupied by the team members were being opened and closed after every five minutes followed by yells and the hotel staff couldn't help but wish that the team should leave soon.

They were giving the staff a headache. 

"VIRAT, have you seen my Ipod? I can't find my Ipod." Harry screamed banging open Virat's room and stepping in it with a crybaby face.

"NO" Virat denied seeing his Ipod with a slight annoyed look. Virat's own luggage was packed and he and Jinks were searching for Ro's eyemask and neck pillow.

If you ask Virat, he'll say Ro can sleep in the flight without those things too. And they really didn't need to search for the eye mask and pillow. Ro will be fine without them too but Ro had vehemently denied his this suggestion and bullied him in searching for an eye mask and neck pillow.

And now, Harry is demanding that he had seen an Ipod or not? Why was his team becoming more and more like Ro with each passing day?

"What will I do now?" Harry wailed dramatically watching Virat not pay much attention to his problem.

"HARRY"

"Virat bhai, have you by chance seen my charger?" A timid Shub asked Virat entering his room after knocking unlike Harry who has just banged in his room.

"No, I've not" Virat said frowning looking around him for that damned eye mask. He is so going to leave it here and keep Ro awake in the whole duration of their flight. He should know to keep his things in their right place.

"OH!" Shub said sounding a little disappointed and Virat just sighed thinking he should just keep them away from Ro. So, they don't get infected by his forgetfulness disease.

"I'll help you search for it, Shub. I've done Phd in the game of treasure hunt all thanks to a certain Sharma in our team, just give me a minute." Virat told Shub a little distracted with a certain blue thing he found lying on the side of the wardrobe.

"You didn't offer to help me search for my IPOD, Virat." Harry yelled feeling very offended by his captain's this antic. He needs help too, his Ipod is more important than Shub's charger.

"Bloody hell, don't scream Harry. I'll help you too." Virat snapped back annoyed as the blue thing wasn't Ro's blue neck pillow.

"But" Harry still wasn't happy with Virat's tone.

"Virat bhai, have you seen my headphones?" Yuzi pipped in Virat's room asking for his headphones which were missing too and now Virat was really fuming.

"For the last time, I've not seen anyone's anything. I'm not searching for that bloody pillow. Come, Shub we will search your charger." Virat announced frustrated as Yuzi shared a totally confused look with Harry.

"What did I do?" Yuzi mumbled all confused to Harry who just shrugged and followed Virat and Shub around the hotel searching a charger. 

On their searching trails they met with Ro and Jinks, a beaming Ro and Jinks to be truthful.

"We found it." Jinks announced happily

"Where was it?" Virat asked him with a face that completely suggested he really didn't want to know about it but still wants to know about it. Is he making any sense now?

"Near the pool." Jinks told him with a very serious face and Virat threw Ro a what the hell look?

"Are you serious?" He exclaimed,looking at them both nodding.

"OF course, I shouldn't have even asked this." He was muttering to himself when a very anxious Rahul approached them.

Virat couldn't help but let out a long suffering breath as he looked at Rahul and asked very-very frustrated "What have you lost now?"

"Shreyas..." Rahul started but couldn't continue as Virat blasted.

"WHAT? How come we lost a walking-talking human? How can you lost Shreyas, Rahul? What will we do now?"

"MY IPOD"  Harry yelled thinking it was so long that no one mentioned his ipod.

"DAmn it, I'll buy you a new Ipod Harry and a new charger too Shub and yes, a headphones too Yuzi but can we just concentrate on how the hell did we manage to lose a human?" Virat screamed annoyed at everything in the world.

Harry perked up at the concept of getting a new Ipod, Shub looked slightly terrified of this Virat and Yuzi looked totally uncertain with the happenings around him. Ro looked highly amused and Jinks looked like he wanted to be anywhere but here right now.

"Which human did we lose?" the sudden question from Shreyas broke the tension as Virat glared daggers at Rahul.

"YOU" Virat announced still annoyed with the whole world.

"But I was just out drinking tea" Shreyas stated looking all confused and before Virat could start again.

Rahul dragged him away with him, Shub followed behind them with the excuse of maybe his charger is with Shreyas. Harry and Yuzi were about to follow them too but Virat dragged them with him.

And yes, Harry was throwing Rahul "You betrayer" looks.

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Rahul had dragged Shreyas to a corner of the hotel, totally unaware that Shub was following them.

"She isn't replying." Rahul announced dramatically totally anxious throwing his phone in Shreyas's hand.

Who looked at Rahul with an amused look? His friend was going totally crazy.

"Maybe she is busy" Shreyas said trying to placate an anxious Rahul.

"But she didn't text me after the match day. She wished me luck, she was so sure I'll do well and after that she didn't even text to congratulate me. She is alright, right" A pouting Rahul told Shreyas who looked amused at his friend's situation.

"So, it's been just 2 days since she didn't messaged you. Why don't you call her and ask yourself?" Shreyas suggested his friend finding his gloomy look hilarious yet pitiful at the same time.

"I don't have her number." an even gloomier and pouting Rahul announced surprising Shreyas.

"You mean even after chatting with her for more than 2 weeks, you didn't get her number." An incredulous Shreyas asked Rahul. The guy who could get a girl's number in just few minutes didn't get a girl's number even after 2 weeks of chatting. Well, this was something.

"I didn't ask her for her number. What would she have thought if I just asked her number?" Rahul asked Shreyas glaring at him with an annoyed look.

Shreyas just looked at him spluttering. Well, looks like there is a first time of everything.

"umm...where is she from?" The sudden voice asking this question startled both of them as they jumped around to look at the new comer with horrified expressions. 

"Shub tu yaha" Both of them stammered surprised that they didn't notice his arrival.

"Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about it. So, where is this someone from?" Shub asked Rahul and Shreyas curiously.

"Chandigarh" Rahul replied sulkily

"working" Shub questioned again

"No, studying in PEC college"

"Oh! I can get you her number than I've a lot of contacts there. You'll get her number in few minutes." Shub answered excitedly looking at Rahul.

"No, It won't create a good impression in her mind." Rahul said sounding miserable

"Well, than you can just wait for her to text you again," Shreayas informed Rahul patting his shoulder sympathetically as Rahul stalked away from there looking all gloomy.

Shreyash and Shub looked at each other and shrugged looking at Rahul quite helplessly.

"Do you reckon our Rahul bhaiya had recently acquired a serious case of loveria?" Shub asked Shreyas sounding very-very innocent.

"Maybe" Shreyas replied chuckling as they followed Rahul back towards their room.

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In a totally miraculous manner, Virat and Jinks has succeeded in putting everyone in bus in time. And even more unbelievable manner they had reached the airport in time without any back trips to hotel or a certain someone shouting at midway that he forgot something really important in the hotel room.

But their early arrival to the airport seemed in vain as the flight was delayed.

So, the whole ICT was lounging on the floor of airport waiting for their flight. Ro, jinks and Virat were sitting together. Well, Ro and Vi were sandwiching Jinks and squabbling with each other using poor Jinks as a human shield.

Jassi, Bhuvi and Shami were looking at all this highly amused as a frustrated Jinks screamed at Rohirat to behave or he'll complain to Mahi bhai.

Rishu was lying on Manish's lap resting peacefully. Shivam and Nav were hearing to Jaddu's past adventures in Dharamshala with a wonder filled look.

Rahul was moaning mournfully, complaining to Shreyas about stupid Snapchat while Shub tried to control his laughter at Rahul's words.

Yuzi's eyes were focused on a pacing Kulya typing away at his phone while Harry glared daggers at Shreyas for hogging his Rahul.

"You were right, Harry...He definitely does have a girlfriend." Yuzi told Harry sounding very troubled and Rohirat and Jinks who were sitting just beside him looked totally shocked hearing his words.

"WHAT" Virat screamed in Rohit's ear who glared hard at him and Jinks tried to go as far as possible from this insane people but Virat pulled him back in his place.

"You're kidding right, Tili. Our Kulya and a girlfriend." Rohit asked him sounding totally disbelieving of Yuzi's words.

"No, Bhai....I'm sure, these days all he do is tap away at that blastic phone." Yuzi said gesturing towards Kulya.

Everyone turned to look at him and found him tapping on his phone smiling.

"Yes, but there can be another logical explanation behind his phone ringing again and again too," Jinks said trying to stop the impulsive people beside him to jump to conclusions so fast.

"Yes, there is....he has a girlfriend." Yuzi said sounding so mournful that Jinks didn't know what to say.

"We shouldn't jump to conclusions." Virat told them for the first time in his life not jumping to conclusions himself.

"Yeah" Harry snorted and then passed all of them a wicked smile as he said " I'm going to ask him."

Well, his asking seem to be running towards Kulya plucking his phone out of his hand and running back towards Virat with a shouting Kulya back at his heels. Successfully drawing the attention of the rest of team too.

"OMG, he definitely have a girlfriend and her name is Little monkey?" Harry yelled than looked totally confused towards the end.

"LITTLE Monkey, What kind of nickname is it for you girlfriend Kulya?" Harry asked Kulya sounding a little disappointed in his naming manner.

"Who is she Kulya? You've a girlfriend? You didn't even tell me about it." Virat demanded shouting over Harry's voice as Yuzi noticed the girl's dp.

"Hey isn't she the girl you added in our group chat" Yuzi asked Kulya and even Harry noticed the girl and exclaimed the same.

"Group chat which group chat?" Ro asked them both confused and then added " why wasn't I added to that groupchat?"

"We are deviating from the topic here. What she does Kulya? Where she lives? Is she anyway related to Harry or a part of his friend's circle." Virat asked Kulya totally ignoring everyone else.

He won't let any girl break his little brother's heart and here his little brother has acquired a girlfriend without telling him. He needed to know about her and everyone else were talking about unnecessary stuff.

A totally confused, flabbergasted Kulya looked at Harry and Yuzi looking at his whatsapp chat and everyone else acting like totally insane people. Gosh, Neha wasn't his girlfriend. They thought Neha was his girlfriend.

"She isn't my girlfriend, Virat bhai" Kulya told Virat bhai in a normal tone as he was the only one looking at him.

"Oh! then who she is?" Virat asked Kulya with narrowed eyes. He knew Kulya won't lie to him but he needed to know who was this girl. Was she dangerous for his little Kulya?

"She is my best friend, bhaiya" Kulya told Virat truthfully and innocently, not knowing his words will make his team go totally mad.

"WHAT" Yuzi shouted sounding totally scandalized as Virat looked at him amused.

"how can she be your best friend?" Yuzi demanded from Kulya.

"Did you replace us so soon, you know her for just two weeks. How can she be your bestie?" Harry too demanded scaring poor Kulya by their reactions.

And like the whole world was against them, Virat only focused on two words that were two weeks.

"What do you mean by only two weeks?" Virat interrogated everyone sounding all flared up.

"Let the poor Kid speak, guys." Ro shouted over everyone looking Kulya going all flustered.

"She, She is Neha..bhai. She is a college student in Kolkata and..." then Kulya told everyone about how he misinterpreted Subh's number added her and then after Harry's words he texted to apologize from her and then how they started talking and how she was a big fan?

With his each word Virat's face was becoming more gloomy and by the time Kulya ended. Virat started giving him a long lecture on safety and not trusting strangers online and how they were really dangerous. Anything could happen with him though he is really proud of him for apologizing to her for Harry's behavior. But still it was dangerous and all.

While Virat was lecturing Kulya, Shreyas was looking at Rahul who looked away from Virat whistling innocently. He could totally imagine Virat murdering him for the team hotel snaps. Finally, taking pity on poor Kulya Jinks intervened.

"What were you expecting her to do, Virat? Murder him through phone screen or whatsapp? Don't be daft. She is a loyal fan, didn't tell anyone about Kulya right and she seems to love us all. So, stop nothing bad happened." Jinks said rolling his eyes at his bestie going all protective and possessive over his little Kulya.

"Yeah, she loves me and Kulya together. So, I can accept her as your bestie Kulya." Yuzi told Kulya sounding that he was really doing everyone a great favor by accepting Neha as Kulya's bestie.

"But what did she mean by she isn't as crazy as me?" Harry asked Kulya looking all confused as when Virat was lecturing Kulya. Yuzi and he were going through their chats.

"Well, she meant what she texted." Ro said rolling his eyes at Harry and then asked Kulya reading a text "so, you wanted her to meet us," 

"Yes, if it's okay Virat bhai and I was about to ask you if you can give me three passes for her during the match. I...I wanted to surprise her." Kulya asked Virat timidly.

Noticing that Kulya really liked this Neha very much. Virat made a spontaneous decision.

"Call her Kulya, We will meet her today after reaching the hotel and I'll give her the tickets there." Virat said smiling at Kulya while in his mind he thought to decide himself after meeting this Neha whether she was good for his Kulya or not.

"Really, I love you Bhai" Kulya announced happily hugging Virat as everyone else rolled their eyes at his antics and then said thinking something "But I've never called her."

"Well then do now" Harry announced grinning wildly as he handed the phone to Kulya after dialing Neha's number before Kulya could disconnect the call. Neha had picked up.

"Hello" Neha spoke in the phone uncertainty clear in her voice

"Hello, Kulya you there?.......umm, Kulya you okay?" Her concerned voice reached them though the loud speaker of the phone and half of the team liked her already. She cared for Kulya, so she was okay to them.

"Yeah, I'm good Neha"

"Alright,"

"Umm...Neha can you come to meet me today. I'll send you the details." Kulya asked her coming to the point watching his teammates look well mainly Harry's who looked like he'll snatch the phone from him and talk on it himself.

"Yeah, But it better be before 8 pm or I'll be not be allowed back inside my hostel." Neha warned Kulya in her frank way. She didn't know the ICT was listening to their convo to be truthful if she knew Rohit was listening. Well, she might not have uttered even two words.

"Sure, my flight is announced talk to you later."

"Yeah, have a safe journey"

With that they disconnected the call and Kulya looked at his team grinning at him with gleeful expressions. He was getting a bad feeling about all this.

~to be continued~